Site Manager/Caretaker - 2 year Secondment Cover

Woodlands Park Primary School, Ivybridge, Devon, PL21 9TF

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  TBC - discussed at interview

• Closing date

  3 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  13 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £26,824.00 - £28,598.00 Annually (FTE) Grade D SCP 8-12

Site Manager/Caretaker - 2 year Secondment Cover job summary

Caretaker

35 hours per week

52 weeks per year - 2 year secondment cover

Salary: Grade D

Start date to be discussed at interview

This is a unique opportunity to work in partnership with staff to maintain an attractive, clean, safe and secure environment where team work is valued within our happy and friendly school. You will need to be energetic, organised, skilled in maintenance and problem solving, and be able to work with all teaching staff and the leadership team in an open and trusting manner.

Purpose of the job:

• To provide an on site caretaking service/some cleaning duties
• Maintenance and security services on school sites and premises
• Undertake activities to maintain a safe and clean external environment e.g. gritting
• Perform duties in line with Health and Safety regulations and take action where hazards are identified, report serious hazards to line manager immediately.

Flexible working additional hours when required

The ideal candidate will: 

Have experience within a school (desirable but not essential)

Have hands on experience of a wide range of maintenance/janitorial functions

Adhere to school local and national authority’s guidelines on Health and Safety

Participate in training and other learning activities and performance development as required 

Be able to demonstrate competencies in: 

Planning and organising work - ability to respond appropriately to deadlines and changing priorities  

Using initiative - within the scope of work, prioritising and finding solutions appropriately 

Working interdependently - independent decision making within the scope of responsibility and being part of a team working to deadlines 

Managing risks - awareness of obligations in relation to confidentiality, child protection (as based in schools) and health and safety. 

Leading a small team of cleaning staff.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children. All applicants will be subject to a DBS check.

Visits to the school are welcome. Please phone school office to book your visit.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Information about our key policies is available at: https://www.westst.org.uk/our-policies (this includes our DBS Policy, Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy, and Recruitment and Selection Policy).

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Woodlands Park Primary School

• School type: Academies, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 332 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Woodlands Park Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/woodlands-park-primary-school-ivybridge

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